Ezekiel 28:17
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Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.
In other translations
Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.
Hebrew words
גָּבַהּgavahit was haughtyH1361לִבְּךָlibekhaheart yourH3820בְּיָפְיֶךָbeyafeyekhain beauty yourH3308שִׁחַתָּshichatayou pervertedH7843חָכְמָתְךָchakhematekhawisdom yourH2451עַל־'al-onH5921יִפְעָתֶךָyif'atekhasplendor yourH3314עַל־'al-onH5921אֶרֶץ'eretz[the] groundH776הִשְׁלַכְתִּיךָhishlakhtikhaI threw youH7993לִפְנֵיlifnei<to> beforeH6440מְלָכִיםmelakhimkingsH4428נְתַתִּיךָnetatikhaI put youH5414לְרַאֲוָהlera'avahto lookH7200בָךְ׃vakhon you
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Related verses
- Ezekiel 28:5By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.
- Ezekiel 31:10Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,
- James 4:6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- Proverbs 16:18Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Luke 14:11For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- Ezekiel 28:2Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.
- Psalm 147:6The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.
- Proverbs 11:2When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
- Ezekiel 32:10Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.I will cause many peoples to be appalled over you, and their kings will shudder in horror because of you when I brandish My sword before them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life.’
- 1 Corinthians 1:19-2119 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.19 For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.” 20 Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
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